Gender Equality in Buddhism (Asian Thought and Culture Series) by Pater Biju Mathew

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Gender Equality in Buddhism (Asian Thought and Culture Series)
Author:	Masatoshi Ueki
ISBN:	9780820451336
Binding:	Paperback
Year:	2001
Pages:	230
Size:	15 x 23 cm
Weight:	325 grams
Price:	INR1150.00

About the Book

It was epoch making when Buddhism declared men and women equal in India where women traditionally were regarded as inferior to men. After the death of Buddhism’s founder, Gautama Buddha, Buddhist monks, called Hinayana Buddhists, became conservative and authoritarian and began to make light of women as well as lay believers. While the Hinayana Buddhists discriminated against women, the Mahayana Buddhists tried to improve women’s positions in society through their «Renaissance of Buddhism». Masatoshi Ueki discusses Nichiren’s impartial view of women and insists that the male and female principles are indispensable for the perfection of personality.

About the Author

Pater Biju Mathew

Biju Mathew (Fr Dhanyananda Oozhikattu MSJ) is a religious priest who belongs to the congregation of the Missionaries of St John the Baptist. He hails from the south Indian state of Kerala and belongs to the Syro Malabar Church. He did his PhD studies in Dogmatic Theology with a specialization in Ecclesiology at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt (Germany). During his doctoral studies Biju Mathew was elected Superior General of the MSJ congregation in 2012 and serves the congregation and the Church in Kloster Heilig Kreuz – the Generalate of the congregation in Leutesdorf/Rhein, Germany.

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